(Sorry for the late reply.) I got one of those too, complete with NSFW pictures, so you're not alone Elaine. I've noticed an increase in spam lately on several of my e-mail accounts, and on medlib-l, the medical librarians' list. Apparently a lot of people with AOL accounts who access them via smartphone have had their address books hacked in recent weeks--I got two messages last week from hacked accounts. That's not what's going on here, but I'm afraid it's part of a wider trend. --Fred, who remembers BITNet, gophers, and the Canter and Siegel Usenet debacle kohauser (at) phred.us
On 2014-04-23 12:16, Elaine Bradtke wrote:
I first noticed this on Monday 21 April. I'm getting sleazy spam (complete with pictures) addressed to me, using the subject line of messages that I've sent to Koha. the last one is from jessica01@securedtexts.com with a link to superiorjob.org/jessica Because they're using the subject line of my Koha-list posts, they're sneaking in under the usual spam filters. My IT guru suspects someone has recently signed on to the list for nefarious purposes.
Now I'm going to see if they send me another one with this subject line. .
They aren't signed up to the list, at least not with that address, and the mail is not going through the list. What they appear to be doing is either signed up with another address, and replying to all mail, but not through the list.
Or someone who is signed up to the list has had their computer compromised, and it is doing spam replies to any mail they receive.
Either way, not a lot we can do about it sorry :(
Chris
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